Fitzgerald v. Bilodeau

[¶ 1] Daniel R. Bilodeau appeals from a judgment of the District Court (Augusta, Mullen, J.) denying his motion to dismiss on forum non conveniens grounds pursuant to 19-A M.R.S. § 1751 (2005). 1 Because the decision is interlocutory, not a final judgment, and not within one of the “narrow and well-defined” exceptions to the final judgment rule, we dismiss the appeal.

I. BACKGROUND

[¶ 2] Bilodeau and Cindy L. Fitzgerald are the parents of twins. Although never married, they were residents of Maine when the twins were born on December 28, 1992, and when, in February 1996, the District Court…